Introduction Patient-centered outcomes are of increasing importance in medical research. The Affordable Care Act provided $150 million in annual funding for the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute, an organization expressly committed to…
Background There are a number of poor birth outcomes with advancing maternal age. Although there is some evidence of a higher risk of trauma to obstetric anal sphincter and the…
Background Treatment of urgency urinary incontinence has focused on pharmacologically treating detrusor overactivity. Recent recognition that altered perception of internal stimuli (interoception) plays a role in urgency urinary incontinence suggests that…
Background The literature regarding the associations between depression, anxiety, and fecundity is inconsistent. While cross-sectional studies suggest that depression and/or anxiety may adversely affect fecundity, the sole cohort study showed…
Background High-volume center surgery and gynecologic oncology care are associated with improved outcomes for women with uterine cancer. Referral patterns, from biopsy through to chemotherapy, may have patients interacting with…
Methods Search strategy This metaanalysis was performed according to a protocol recommended for systematic review. The review protocol was designed a priori to define methods for collecting, extracting, and analyzing…
Background Use of risk assessment tools, such as the Caprini score or Rogers score, is recommended by national societies to stratify surgical patients by venous thromboembolism risk and guide prophylaxis….
The rate of cesarean delivery has become an important health care issue, and has attracted the attention of governments, professional organizations, health care administrators, clinicians, and patients. This has resulted…
Use of ANCS at >34 weeks of gestation ANCS after immature fetal lung indices A retrospective cohort study by Kamath-Rayne et al followed the different clinical treatments of women ≥34 weeks…
Mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced gonadal damage Although the relationship between chemotherapy and decreased ovarian reserve has been well-established, the underlying mechanism is not well understood. There are multiple proposed mechanisms of…
